Lenguaje sexista y discriminación de género en educación inicial II

Abstract

The research called "Sexist Language and Gender Discrimination", aims to analyze the expressions of sexist language and gender discrimination. It was born in the space of the pre-professional practices since in these it was evidenced, among other things, that the teacher uses the generic "children" referring to all her students. Likewise, the children use sexist language when carrying out activities inside and outside the classroom: "you can't play because you are a girl" "this game is for girls" "I am the father who goes to work and you are the mother who cooks at home". These expressions generate discrimination in the educational environment. The ethnographic method was used for data collection, since it allows the detailed description of situations, events, behaviors and interactions of the children and teachers of the educational institution. The main results of the research were obtained through analysis and taking into account the research topic, objectives, categories and sub-categories. Three categories were established: use of sexist language in the educational environment, gender discrimination practices and the effects of sexist language and gender discrimination. Each of them includes events, behaviors and expressions that are frequently used by children and teachers, showing how gender discrimination is present in the language of both teachers and children.